Promptly at 8: 00 a. m., the doorbell rang. letting out another deep sigh, paul pulled himself up off the couch and walked to the door. opening it, he discovered a small, shriveled, white-haired man staring up at him with piercing blue eyes.
"mr. candor? " the man said in a voice that was much larger than he was.
"uh, no, sir. my father isn't home right now. i can give you his work number if you'd like to call him," replied paul.
"mr. paul candor is who i'm looking for," said the man. "is that you? "
"oh, yes, sir. that's me. you must be my tutor," said paul, in a voice that didn't hide his skepticism.
"yes, i'm mr. valentine. let's get to work."
paul welcomed mr. valentine into the house and they sat at the kitchen table and began to work.
when an author introduces a new character in a short story, he or she must quickly establish the character's key traits. in this portion of the narrative, the author misses an opportunity to develop mr. valentine. rewrite this section of the story to better establish mr. valentine as a complex character.

Suppose you connect a battery to a small light bulb with a single wire. what do you think will happen? explain your answer.

Which two elements does this excerpt from a christmas carol by charles dickens contain? "a small matter," said the ghost, “to make these silly folks so full of gratitude." "small! " echoed scrooge. the spirit signed to him to listen to the two apprentices, who were pouring out their hearts in praise of fezziwig: and when he had done so, said, "why! is it not? he has spent but a few pounds of your mortal money: three or four perhaps. is that so much that he deserves this praise? " "it isn’t that," said scrooge, heated by the remark, and speaking unconsciously like his former, not his latter, self. "it isn't that, spirit. he has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome; a pleasure or a toil. say that his power lies in words and looks; in things so slight and insignificant that it is impossible to add and count ’em up: what then? the happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it cost a fortune." he felt the spirit's glance, and stopped. "what is the matter? " asked the ghost. "nothing particular," said scrooge. "something, i think? " the ghost insisted. "no," said scrooge, "no. i should like to be able to say a word or two to my clerk just now. that's all."

Select all that apply. because the length of his story is limited, short story writers typically: